Hip-hop manager Chris Lighty dies

Violator Management founder was 40

Early press reports said Lighty died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Bronx apartment.

A staffer at the Los Angeles office of Primary Wave, which merged with Lighty’s Violator Management in 2011, confirmed his death, but could provide no further details. A publicist for the firm did not immediately return calls from Daily Variety.